St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-24

was appropriately celebrated in Baltimore.
There wasa parade of knights of Labor and
Grand Army posts, and celebrations by the
Irish National League at Standard Park and
the Key Monument Association at Schuetzen
Park. The surviving Old Defenders, James
c. Morford, aged rinety-two years; John
Peddicord, aged ninety-three, and Nathaniel
Watts, aged ninety-three also Mrs. Eliza
beth Sands, aged ninety-nine whose brother
fought at North Point, were served with din
ners. At night there was large display of
fireworks.
Three large furniture firms in Boston
have conceded the nine hours day demand
fthe painters and polishers, but the others
refuse, and their men to the number OF
1000 have struck.
The miners in the collieries of the Mineral
Mining and Railroad Company, the Union
Coal Company, the Excelsior Coal Company,
the Enterprise Coal Company and the Gar
field Coal Company at Shamokin, Pa, have
struck for an advance in wages. 1t is said
they are thoroughly organized as Knights OF
Labor, and prepared for a long lockout.
telegram from Pottsville says there is no
visible change in the situation there The
employees of the Lehigh Coal and Naviga-
ton Company, whose collieries are in the ex-
treme eastern end of SchuylkilI county, and
some of them in Carbon, refused to 60 to
work but that strike has no immediate sig
nifcance so far as the Reading Coal Com
pany's miners are concerned. Still, it is
thought that the strikers there and at Sha-
mokin will inspire the Reading men to
greater persistency in their negotiations with
the company for an advance in wages. An
amicable settlement is expected, however,
and at any rate no general strike in the
schuylkill region is anticipated.
Recently fire occurred in frame tene-
ment house in Newark, n. J. The house
was occupied by William Boetgers and Dan
iel Wolf on the first and second floors, while
on the top floor five Hungarians lived.
Boetger and Wolf, with their families, es-
capped in their night clothes, but the Hun
garians were penned in. Three Of them
jumped to the ground and were dangerously
if not fatally injured. The names of two
are Lucas Ondroa and Lucas Jose, the others
name is not known. Of the two others re-
naming in the burning building one
Jumped and landed unhurt in tree; the
other, Michael Dradjosky, aged thirty-eight
years, was burned to death
Advices by the steamer San Pablo, at San
Francisco from China, are to the effect that
at most of the scientific stations whence the
totality of the eclipse of the sun August 10
could be viewed the result was very unsatis-
factory, more especially at Shirakawa, where
the United States expedition, under the
direction of Professor Todd, was located
Twenty minutes after the eclipse began the
sun was hidden by the clouds, and remained
hidden during the total eclipse.
Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, in answer
to questions by Stewart Lyon, writes {:
First. Henry Georges doctrine, or book,
has not yet been pronounced upon by the
holy see. Second. DR.. McGlynn's excom-
munication was occasioned by his persistent
refusal to obey the command of the holy
see, to which he promised obedience as :.
priest and as an alumnus of the College
the Propaganda at Rome. DR.. McGlynn' s
case is purely ecclesiastical, not political"
Representatives of the Supreme Legion of
the Ancient Order of the United Workmen
were present from the grand legions of Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Kansas. New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Colorado, Michigan, California, Ne
braska and Ontario. The receipts of the
beneficiary fund were Sl24S 1927, and the dis
bursements s124,OOO. During the year the
order was extended into Utah, Idaho,
Wyoming, Tennessee and Florida. The
twenty-three new legions added 539 mem
bers The total membership in July, 1887,
was II. .217, an increase since 1885 of 3, l69
The Polish National Alliance has met in
St. Paul, MINI. The object of the con-
vention is to consider the moral and mate
rial development of the Polish element in
the United States, and how with the aid of
the sinking fund, can best be established
industries, schools, churches and benevolent
institutions During the convention COM
mittee will be appointed with view OF
selecting a location for a Polish colony Of
400 families.
At the meeting of the Lutheran General
Council in Greenville, Pa, the statistical
committee on educational work reported
three theological semnaries owning six
buildings valued at S17500O; number Of
students 12l; colleges eight, having nine
teen buildings, costing S298, 500. The en-
dowments amount to $3.50, 800. The students
number 1,12s. The report of the committee
on Swedish home missions was adopted. 1t
especially recommends the church to put
forth greater efforts in Utah, las large num-
bers of Europeans who have been converted
to Mormonism were once Lutherans, or at
least from Lutheran Countries
The foreign delegates to the International
Medical Congress were at Niagara Falls.
While there they held an impromptu meeting
in the International Hotel. Brief speeches
were made, expressing a hearty feeling Of
appreciation of the attentions showered upon
them by Americans. Resolutions were
adopted setting forth their appreciation Of
the generosity displayed by the executive
committee to such visitors to Washington
and the members of their families as have
been able to avail themselves of the invita-
ton. The undertaking of the conveyance
of over 300 guests nearly 1000 miles, under
the most luxurious conditions of locomotion,
and their entertainment for four days, rep
resents an extent of hospitality unsurpassed
at any former congress.
The house of Perry Buchanan, at Wool
wich, Tex, was burned, and fve-year- r-old
II hoe in bo Har,oS tbroo